阅读理解

　　E-book is short for electronic(电子的)book．It is usually read on personal com puters．Some mobile phones can also be used to read e-books．

　　Earlier e-books were written for a specific group of readers and were about only a few subjects．With the development of the internet, knowledge and answers to a lot of questions mainly come from e-books．This is why the e-book business is increasing quickly E-books have many advantages．First, they save time．We don’t need to go to a bookstore to buy books, besides, we can find the topic we want to know about on the Internet, and then we can quickly get many e-books on similar topics．Second, e-books save money．Some e-books cost a little money, and there are millions of e-books on the Internet that we can get for free．Third, more trees are saved because e-books don’t need to be printed(印刷)on paper．Fourth, e-books make reading more convenient．You can carry a whole library of hundreds of books with you in a small computer or any e-book reader(电子阅读器)without worrying about their weight．

　　But e-books have certain disadvantages．They need a personal computer or an e-book reader and the information can be lost if its file format(文件格式)is not supported or changed in the reader’s computer．

　　However, e-books provide us with a new way of reading．That is good．

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　　There are many kinds of animals in the world．Elephants are the 1 　 animals that live on land．Only some kinds of whales (鲸鱼) are bigger than elephants，but they live in the 2 ndline．The tallest animals are giraffes (长颈鹿) and the elephants are only the 3ndline　 tallest ones in the world．They live in Africa (非洲)．It can be 5．5 meters tall．Elephants are the only animals that have a long 4 　 that is called trunk．They can use the trunk like a hand．5ndline　 its trunk，an elephant can pick up a 270 kg tree，or pick up one peanut(花生)．Elephants have the biggest ears of all the animals．Their tusks (象牙) are the biggest teeth．

　　There are 6 ndline　 kinds of elephants桝frican elephants and Indian elephants．Indian elephants are 7 ndline　 called Asian elephants．

　　Elephants are very strong and very smart (聪明的)．People have used elephants for 8 ndline　 work for thousands of years．

　　The cheetah(猎豹)is also from Africa．It is in the cat family．A cheetah can run 110 km／hr．The ostrich (鸵鸟) from east Africa is the largest bird in the world．But it 9 ndline　 fly．

　　The kangaroo (袋鼠) lives in ustralia．It is an old kind of animal．A 10 ndline　 kangaroo lives in its mother's pouch (育儿袋)．It leaves the pouch when it is about six months old．And many people think they are very lovely．

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阅读理解

　　Alan worked in an office in the city．He worked very hard and really looked forward to his holiday．He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an ad．in a newspaper “Enjoy country life．Spend a few weeks at William Farm．Good food, fresh air, horse riding, walking, fishing…”

　　“This sounds like a good idea．”he thought, I’ll spend a month at William Farm．I’ll go horse riding, walking and fishing．It’ll be different from the seaside．” Four days later, he returned home．

　　“What’s wrong with William Farm?”His friend Jack asked him．“Didn’t you enjoy country life?”

　　“Country life was fine,”Alan said．“But there was another problem．”

　　“Oh, what problem?”

　　“Well, the first day I was there, a sheep died, and we had roast(烤肉)mutton for dinner．”

　　“Fresh meat is the best．”

　　“I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner．”

　　“Lucky you!”

　　“You don’t understand,”Alan said,“On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner．”

　　“A different roast every day．”Jack said．

　　“Let me finish．”Alan said,“On the fourth day a farmer died and I didn’t want to stay there for dinner．”

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